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Assistant Professor
Ajay Kumar Garg Institute of Management
Ghaziabad
Marketing research is the systematic design,
collection, analysis and reporting of data and
findings relevant to a specific marketing
situation facing the company.´
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Is there a real need for marketing
research?
esearch takes time and costs
money.
Marketing research is not always
needed.
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hen is marketing research not
needed?
± he information is already available.
± Decisions must be made now.
± e can¶t afford research.
± Costs outweigh the value of
marketing research.
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his is the most important of the 11
steps.
If the problem is incorrectly defined, all
else is wasted effort.
Problems may be either specific or
general.
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esearch objectives, when achieved,
provide the information necessary to
solve the problem identified in step à.
esearch objectives state what the
researchers must do.
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collecting
information in an unstructured and
informal manner.
refers to a set
of methods and procedures
describing marketing variables.
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allows isolation of causes and
effects.
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÷ information
collected specifically for the problem at
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÷ information
already collected
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econdary data is relatively easy to
access; primary data is more complex.
hree main choices for primary data÷
± Have a person ask questions
± Use computer assisted or direct
questioning
± Allow respondents to answer
questions themselves without
computer assistance
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uestionnaire must be worded
objectively, clearly, and without bias
in order to communicate with
respondents.
oftware programs are available to
assist marketing researchers in
preparing data collection tools.
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ample plan refers to the process
used to select units from the
population to be included in the
sample.
ample size refers to determining
how many elements of the population
should be included in the sample.
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ample plan refers to the process
used to select units from the
population to be included in the
sample.
ample size refers to determining
how many elements of the population
should be included in the sample.
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Data collection is very important
because, regardless of the data
analysis methods used, data analysis
cannot fix bad data.
on-sampling errors may occur
during data collection.
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Data collection errors may be
attributed to field workers or
respondents.
esearchers must know the sources
of these errors and the controls to
minimize them.
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Data analysis involves entering data
into computer files, inspecting data
for errors, and running tabulations
and various statistical tests.
Data cleaning is a process by which
raw data are checked to verify that
the data have been correctly fed from
the data collection form to the
computer software program.
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± Bivariate Analysis
± Multivariate Analysis
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he last step is one of the most
important phases of marketing
research.
Its importance cannot be overstated
because it is the report, or its
presentation, that properly
communicates the results to the
client.
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